The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-12-16
wOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
woMAh.s SPHERE.

woMAN's SPHERE.
An Humorous Yet Sensible Disrussscn OF
This Always Interesting Question.
EYES," says Betscy. '.ren do adj
mire to have wimmen clingin' to 'em.
like vine to a stately tree. and it is
indeed a sweet view."
$50 tits. so IT'S" says I. II never
was much of Ginger myself. Still,
iffcmales WANT to cling, hain't no OBJ
lection. But" says ]. in reasonable
tones. .'as I have said more'n a hun
bred times. if men think wimmen are
obleeged to be vines. they ought to
feel oblecged to make trees of Them
selves, for 'em to run up on. But
they won't; some of 'em. they will not
he trees. they seem to be sot againstit.
And. rs 1 have said. what if vine
liain't no tree convenient to cling to?
Or if she has. what if the tree she
clings to happens to tall, through in
herent rottenness ut the core. thunder
and lightnin' or etcetery? If the string
breaks, what is to become of the
creeper. if it can't do nothin' but
creep?" Says l: ut is all well enough
for rich woman to set in a velvet
gown with her feet on the warm hearth
and wonder what makes the poor
drunkard's wife down i'm the street
SILVER. Let her be but once with her
bare feet in the snow, and she'd find
out. 1t hain't the rich. happy. comfort
able clingers am talkin' in behalf of.
but the poor shivercrs outside who
hain't nothin' TO cling to-"
"Women's speah''-bcgan Bctsey.
"Women's speahr' says l. inter-
ruptin' her in a majestic tone, before
which Betscy quailed impcrceptibly.
"Women's sphere is where she can do
the most good. If God had meant
that wimmen should be nOthin' but
mems shadders, He would have made
costs and fantoms of 'em Mt once. But
havin' made 'em flesh and blood. with
brains and souls. believe He meant
'em to be used to the best advantage"
Josiah Aliens wife," says Betsey,
II think your views are uronieous. We
can not think alike about clingin'. we
also differ in our views about caur-
kusses. When consider that 'lcctiOns
and caurkusses come once every yeah.
then comes home The solemn feeiin'.
how wearin' it would be for female
to drop all her domestic labohs and
avocations. and be present at them.
Josiah Aliens wife, let us sposen the
case; sposen woman is a-washin'
or churnin' buttah. how could she
leave this laboh to go and vote?"
Says /. with so impatient gesture
that broke off thread and had to tie
it on again: "You are goin' over the
same Old ground agin of a woman 8
time" Says l: 'Wimmen can drop
all their domestic labors and go to
fairs-town fairs and country fairs
and State fairs if she can get to 'em.
She will be on the ground in time to
see the first punkin and bedquilt car
ried on to it, and she will stay to see
the last horse trot his last trot; she
can find time for picnics and pleasure
excursions and celebrations and Fourth
of July, that last all day-and it would
take about half Il minute to vote.
But" says ], in the most grand and
noble tone l had used yet, "mcn hain't
took by the coat-cOllar and dragged
off to caurkusses and 'lcctiOns; they
don't go unless they are mind to,
and don't suppose wimmen would be
drove there like flock of sheep.
''Thcy wouldn't want to go. only
when some great law was up concern
ing right and wrong, or her own in
trinsick interests, rs givin' mo:heria
equal right to her children, a right she
earnt naturally. n deed God Himself
stamped with the great seals of fear
and agony. Or bein' taxed without
representation. which breaks the old
Constitution right in two in the mid.
die every time it is done. Or concernin'
equal pay for equal labor. / s'pose
every female clerk and teacher and
operator. who have half-starved on
about one-third what men get for dom
the same work, would be on hand.
Likewise, concernin' temperance.
s'pose every drunkard's wife and
mother and girl would go to the pole.
that could get there. Poor things!
under the Legislator they have en-.
joyed the right of sufferin'; s'posen il
lets 'em enjoy the right of suffragin' q
spell. Mebbe they would find it as
easy if not easier. FROM '.INy Opia.
ions and BctseY Bo6bet's."